Not exact matches
In 1898 the United Kennel Club began registering American pit
bull terriers under the auspices
of C.Z. Bennett, who drew up breed standards and wrote a set
of rules governing dogfighting.
With the memory
of a 4 - year - old boy mauled to death by pit -
bull terrier mixes last year still fresh in their minds, Orange County officials are preparing to overhaul their
rules governing dangerous dogs.
Breed discriminatory laws would be prohibited ``... except in those instances where the
rule, regulation or ordinance pertains to spaying or neutering
of pit
bulls and staffordshire
bull terriers located in the city
of Warwick, and provided such
rule, regulation or ordinance shall not apply to licensed breeders
of such dogs.»
Essentially, this
ruling now makes breed specific legislation in Ohio for anything beyond «purebred» American Pit
Bull Terriers and American Staffordshire
Terriers very problematic — meaning that they would have to go through all due processes and puts more pressure on cities with laws pertaining to mixed breeds and other breeds, like cane corsos, that declaring these types
of dogs dangerous without due process is «unreasonable and arbitrary.»
Under the city's current
rules, three breeds
of dogs commonly recognized as pit
bulls — American pit
bull terriers, American Staffordshire
terriers and Staffordshire
bull terriers — are banned within the city limits.
Basing its opinion on these studies, the Central Administration Court in Berlin, upheld a
ruling that voided Lower Saxony's ban on
Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers and Pit bull Terriers and regulation of Rottweilers and Doberm
Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire
Terriers and Pit
bull Terriers and regulation of Rottweilers and Doberm
bull Terriers and regulation
of Rottweilers and Dobermans.